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Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Sep 23, 1887

Page

2

New York and Detroit Fall to Washington and Chicago

Baseball results show Chicago beats Boston in a close game while Detroit shuts out New York. Washingtons win twice at Indianapolis and the Hoosiers slump to the tail end of the race. Pittsburg game washed out by rain.

New Yorks Detroit Hoosiers Washingtons New England Bostons Chicagos Detroits Indianapolis Pittsburg A. E. R.bh ALE Carroll McGeachy Hines Brownh Glasscock O Brien O'Shomerg Whitney Denny U Mack SF Osess Teo D Meyers Baasett Farrell Arundel Donnelly Healey Mack Brown Meyers I Brown Shomberg O’brien Bassett Valentine Boyle Aneeee Hines Great Southern Charleston Savannah Florida Superior Great Boston Richardson & Barnard Savannah Pier A. D. W. Sampson N. E Washington S& OR New York Fall River Providence Metropolitan Steamship Co N. W Ocean Steamship Co

Most exciting home game for Lowells vs Portlands

Sept 22 Lowe reports the Lowell nine and Portland nine played a brilliant nine innings on home grounds. The Lowells tied in the ninth on balls, a single and a passed ball. In the tenth Portland was blanked. Higgins hit a two on a bases loaded situation for a costly homer in the extra frame.

Chigagos Wolteak Iiss Cs Vc Chicagos Bostons Anson Williamson Clarkson Ryan Kelly Flint Ettit Johnston Radbourn Wise Nash Hornwny Morrill Powers Derrioit Detroits Baldwin Lowe Lowells Portlands Higgins Lowons

Baseball Scores From Various City Parks

In Baltimore city games the Metropolitans beat the Orioles 6 to 3. Cincinnati hosts the Cincinnati team losing 6 to 0 to St. Louis. Louisville hosts Cleveland with a 6 to 4 result. Newburg New York sees the Athletics defeating the Brooklyns 14.

Baltimore Baltimores Metropolitans Cincinnati Cincinnatis St. Louis Louisville Louisvilles Cleveland Newburg N. Y Athletics Brooklyns

Double team sets Narragansett mile record at park

At Narragansett Park Providence on September 22 J B Barnaby drove his double team Captain and Ernest Maltravers hitting a 2 26 mile for a 400 pound wagon. The team clocked quarters 3644 halves 1 124 three quarters 1 48 and beat the old record. The event carried a $100 prize from the Society for the Encouragement of Domestic Industry.

Providence Narraganset Park J.B. Barnaby Ernest Maltravers Society For the Encouragement Barnaby Narragansett Track

Springfield Tennis Finals Tie Paddock Wright Triumph

The tennis tournament finals in doubles saw Paddock and Wright defeat Shaw and Tailor in four sets: 6-4 6-2 5-7 6-3. Singles second prizes will be contested next week by Wright Brinley and Paddock.

Sprngfield Shaw Tailor Paddock Wright Brinley

Match Between Three Teams Set for Next Week

The event spans Norton and Steb bins, Gillett and Chapin, and Shaw and Tailer. It will occur a week from tomorrow, with teams arranged in pairs for the competition.

Norton Stebbins Gillett Chapin Shaw and Tailer

Stabbed in the Dark Burglar Attacks Ryder’s Employee

In Mippineboro a nighttime break in ends with William Pease stabbed multiple times after confronting a thief in the hallway. Pease, a Ryder & Co. worker, is seriously wounded. a $500 reward from town officials and $100 from N F Ryder & Co. are offered for the culprit.

Pease Mr. Ryder N. F. Ryder & Co Boston Japan Ryder

Fire alarm for minor basement blaze at Centen n House

A slight fire in the basement of the Centen n House in Brighton at about 7 o clock yesterday morning triggered Box 576. Emergency crews reported a small blaze with limited damage and quick extinguishment.

Brighton

Fires Rage Across Towns and Buildings Across States

Harwich woods blaze burns valuable woodland over two days with repeated outbreaks. Saco three tenement house on Pleasant street damaged when a shed in an unoccupied dwelling ignited. loss under 1000 dollars. Brooklyn four story brick flat fire on Lafayette and Louis avenues causes one death a girl badly burned and two others injured. unknown woman rescued. Sanford business district fire destroys most stores, two brick blocks and Sanford House. loss about 800000 with little insurance. Dobler and Mudge paper dealers stock destroyed. loss 40000. John street lighter fire destroys 600 bales of cotton. loss 18000, insured.

Harwich Saco Pleasant Street Arthur Wentworth Luther Bryant New York Lafayette and Louis Avenues Brooklyn William Geisswein Emma Drury Frederick Siegel Roundsman Lee Nolan Sanford Fla Barrimore Dobler & Mudge South Sharp Street John Street

Mayors Entertained by Worcester Mayor at Leicester

Worcester September 22 Mayor Winslow hosted the Massachusetts Mayors Club at his Leicester residence with over 100 attendees. The illuminated estate displayed farm produce while a banquet followed with speeches by John Winslow Hoar Russell Rice and several city mayors. The event wrapped after 11 pm and included Mayors from nineteen cities, with twenty-two more invited for tomorrow.

Worcester Winslow Massachusetts Mayors’ Club Leicester John Winslow Brooklyn N. Y Hoar Russell Rice Newton Somerville Lowell Cambridge Salem Adin Thayer John D. Washburn Pratt Massachusetts

National Rubber Company faces legal actions in New York

Attachment levied on the Bristol Rhode Island firm National Rubber Company for 2117 to Harrison Bros of New York and Philadelphia. Stock troubles emerge with 900 workers laid off after back pay strike. directors consider capital changes but gains fail. Company assets exceed liabilities but profits shrink amid high stock and raw material costs. Other insolvent filings span Dedham Boston Circleville Foxboro and Syracuse with various debt totals and asset values.

New York National Rubber Company Bristol R. I Harrison Bros Philadelphia Bradstreet Agency Rubber Trust Augustus O. Bourn John C. Balderston John Dill Foxboro Dedham E. M. Olds Circleville Evans & Kumm Barker & Mahoney Charles River Avenue Water Street Charlestown J. W. Smalley & Co Pittsfield John Brennan Boston Scoville & Roe Syracuse N. Y Edwin M. Wells Catherine Paesold Joliet A. E. Feltham Forestdale R. L Joshua Perkins Tremont Street M. Fr. McGettrick William P. Rowe Medway William J. Worth New Bedford James B. Mason & Son Mechanic Falls Frederick Sauerbrunn Brooklyn J. H. Quast Louisville Frankfort Shoe and Leather Exchange Bedford Street P. A. Guertner Quast

The Lost Wedding Ring review and a German reader note

The Lost Wedding Ring by Mrs Winter and Mrs Boy is discussed as a curious dialogue heavy work on marriage blending theology and social thought. The reviewer sees both honest intent and occasional nonsense while noting its esoteric claim and the Garden of Eden setting. The piece also critiques a German study aid edition with praise for vocabulary support and etymology hints.

Tyro Amanda Calverley Emerson Winter Mrs. Boy New York G. P. Putnam's Sons

Prof Otis German Text Book Review

A critical evaluation of Professor Otis's edition of Grimm's Kinder und Hausmärchen as a German reader for beginners. The author praises its directness and familiarity, notes alignment with Prussian spelling, and points out several instructional and typographical flaws in notes and grammatical explanations.

Otis Jacob William Grimm Putraka Whitney

Tolstoy on Poverty and Women in What to Do

A review of Tolstoy’s What to Do analyzing his Moscow experiences among the poor. It notes his census forebearance, private philanthropy failures, and eventual belief in self-sacrifice and systemic change through rapport between rich and poor. The piece highlights his critique of misuse of science, advocacy for women, and call to labor over idleness.

Tolstoy Tolstoi Moscow Tolstei Jesus Launfal Isabel F. Hapgood Count Lyof N. Tolstoy New York Thomas ¥. Crowell & Co

Gargoyles and Monuments in a Framed History of Sculpture

London Truth laments modern monuments and public tributes for statesmen and early heroes, exploring stone carvings from St Giles to French works by Adrien Gaudez. It criticizes the Crispus Attucks monument and notes overlooked graves like Major-General Heath, linking memorial choices to national memory and artistry.

London St. Giles’s Church Cluny France St. Benedict St. Jerome Shreve, Crump & Low Paris Adrien Gaudez Gaudez Crispus Herald America Dudley Theodore Parker Heath Forest Hills

Soldiers’ Pay Delay Sparks Court Claims

In a disputed case T. H. Bartlett notes that funds were paid to sustain soldiers, but the general and heirs never received any money. Plans to secure payment from Congress failed, despite repeated efforts to recover their due.

Congress T. H. Bartlett

Licenses Granted for Boston Sea Wall and Bass River Works

Harbor and land commissioners granted Lewis Wharf Co a license to build a sea wall and pile wharf in Boston Harbor and Old Colony Railroad Co a license to fill a section of their bridge over Bass River between Yarmouth and Dennis. Scituate petitioners urged a drawbridge on the North River to aid water communication with South Scituate and Marshfield. Hearing adjourned for three weeks due to legal questions and lack of counsel.

Harbor and Land Commissioners Lewis Wharf Company Boston Harbor Old Colony Railroad Company Bass River Yarmouth Dennis Scituate North River South Scituate Marshfield

State Council Irish National League Meets at Youngs Hotel

The monthly meeting of the State Council Irish National League was held at Young's Hotel with a large attendance. State treasurer Father Conarty reported receipts totaling 141.92 dollars.

Irish National League Young’s Hotel Father Conarty

Blavatsky defended against portrait criticism

In a letter to the editor dated Sept 20 1887 M D Cambridge rebuts a Post correspondent’s portrayal of Mme Blavatsky. He defends her social standing in St Petersburg and her work to spread a self denying religion, noting her manners and intellect and recounting Isis Unveiled and her life in New York.

Mme. Blavatsky St. Petersburg Lved New York Isis M. D Cambridge

No Sales on Saturdays Notices and Banking Firms Listed

Auctions or sales are suspended on Saturdays until further notice. The document lists various banks and mills with share quantities and dates, including Freeman's National Bank and National Eagle Bank, and several railroad and manufacturing companies such as Boston & Maine RR Co and Merrimack Mfg Co.

Freeman's National Bank National Eagle Bank Lyman Mills Merrimack Mfg Prcott Cotton Mills Freeman’s National Bank Everett Mills Naumkeag Steam Cotton Co Lowell Mfg Langdon Mfg Lancaster Mills Merrimack West End Street Cheshire RR Boston & Maine RR Old Colony RR Detroit Law. & No. RR Lombard Iny. Co McKay Ittle Rock Ft. Smith Ortsmouth Falls & Conway RR Quincy, Alton & St. Louis RR Lincoln & No, Western Laramie Suen Bank Laramie City National Tube Works Co Freeman’s Nail Bank Portland, Saco & Portsmouth R. R. Co Natl. Exchange Bank Old Boston Natl. Bank Freeman’s Atlas Lowell Mfg. Co Manchester Mills Arlington

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